All insubordinate synonyms
in·sub·or·di·nate
I i noun insubordinate
- subversive — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
adjective insubordinate
- rebellious — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- noncompliant — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
adj insubordinate
- contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- contumacious — stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate
- defiant — If you say that someone is defiant, you mean they show aggression or independence by refusing to obey someone.
- disaffected — discontented and disloyal, as toward the government or toward authority.
- disobedient — neglecting or refusing to obey; not submitting; refractory.
- disorderly — characterized by disorder; irregular; untidy; confused: a disorderly desk.
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- fractious — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- insurgent — a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, especially a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel.
- intractable — not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
- mutinous — disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority.
- naughty — improper, tasteless, indecorous, or indecent: a naughty word.
- perverse — willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- recalcitrant — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- refractory — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
- riotous — (of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- seditious — of, relating to, or of the nature of sedition.
- treacherous — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- turbulent — being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed: turbulent feelings or emotions.
- undisciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
- ungovernable — impossible to govern, rule, or restrain; uncontrollable.
- unruly — not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless: an unruly class; an unruly wilderness.
- uncompliant — complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
- dissentious — contentious; quarrelsome.
- uncomplying — to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc.; agree (sometimes followed by with): They asked him to leave and he complied. She has complied with the requirements.